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Whats the purpose? Most judges will understand what warrant canary is, and can simply ask them to continue signing it. Judge has the power to gag you, or force you to sign or continue doing something. Its very common in multi-scheme crimes where forcing one criminal to continue their criminal conduct is "greater good" for the sake of a whole investigation.


Surely if the criminal is an assassin, the judge wouldn’t order them to continue taking contracts for “the greater goood.”


They certainly won't order them to continue fulfilling contracts, but they might order them to continue accepting (and reporting) them.


There is a difference between killing people and continuing to make cryptographic signatures that even the most densest of judges should recognize.




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